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Upside.com

450 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC, 20001, United States

Overview

Upside.com is an online travel company created by Priceline founder Jay Walker and staffed by several former senior Priceline executives, including Scott Case, Tim Brier, and Paul Breitenbach. The platform is designed to serve business travelers by offering bundled travel deals and incentives. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with additional facilities in Stamford, CT, and New York, NY, the company aims to leverage its leadership’s deep travel-industry experience to capture market share quickly. At launch, Bloomberg reports the company was valued at more than $200 million, reflecting high investor confidence. Upside plans to deploy its fresh capital toward product development, marketing, and scaling its operations. No operating metrics such as revenue or user numbers were disclosed in the articles. The company is positioning itself as a next-generation travel solution built on dynamic pricing and personalization technologies.

Total raised
$50M
Funding rounds
1
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Jan 2017

Industries

  • Apps
  • Hotel
  • Internet
  • Online Portals
  • Travel
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Jan 2017

    $50M

Team